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QBE Canada

QBE Canada promotes Scott Pidduck to General Manager

5th March 2026

QBE, an international insurer and reinsurer, has announced the promotion of Scott Pidduck to the newly created role of General Manager for Canada, effective 1st April 2026. The General Manager role replaces the previous role of Director of Canada, which led the Canadian business. Based in Toronto, Pidduck will report to Kevin ... Read the full article

QBE Canada selects Novidea’s insurance platform to drive growth

25th October 2023

QBE Canada has selected Novidea’s born-in-the-cloud insurance management platform to expand and grow its business across multiple product lines. QBE Canada, part of the QBE Group is based in Toronto and Vancouver. Canada is a significantly important market for growth for QBE. By adapting the Novidea platform, this will enable the company to scale ... Read the full article

QBE expands Canada office with new hires

21st October 2022

QBE has announced the appointment of Troy Wiebe as Casualty Underwriter and Jasper Hageman as Property Underwriter, as well as the promotion of Fiona Bui to Underwriting Support Team Lead. According to QBE with these new hires it expands its Vancouver office, which opened in 2015, to grow its Western Canada ... Read the full article

QBE adds Ben Hunter from Liberty Mutual as Director of Canada

30th November 2021

Ben Hunter, currently of Liberty Mutual Canada, is set to join QBE in January 2022 as Director of Canada, reporting to Peter Burton, Executive Director, International Markets, QBE European Operations. Hunter takes over from Jamie Thompson who was named Director of Financial Lines, QBE European Operations in May. He brings a wealth ... Read the full article